Welcome to Haunted Hollywood!
Travel Back in Time and Discover the
Dark Events that have Shaped the Haunted Places of Today's Hollywood!

Los Angeles... the fabled City of Angels.

Home to the rich and famous, palm trees, sandy beaches,
orange groves, Disneyland and most of all, to that wonderful place of the
American Dream known as Hollywood.

Like many of you, I have always been fascinated by the glamour, the glitter
and the decadence of old Hollywood. I have walked the Hollywood streets,
searching for the names of favorite celebrities along the Walk of Fame. I have
stared in awe at the elaborate facades of the Chinese Theater and have pressed
my own palms into the solidified handprints of film greats like Humphrey
Bogart. I have always been intrigued by the tales of the movie stars
and the
secret inner workings of the great film studios.

But like the city of Hollywood itself, the legends of the
place have a dark side. About the time that I got interested in ghosts and
hauntings, I also got interested in the less glamorous side of Hollywood. I
learned that the bright photographs of the sunny streets hid whispers of crime
and corruption and that the elaborate homes and architecture hid tales of
spirits who did not rest in peace.

There are many unsolved mysteries connected to Hollywood...
not the least of which are its ghosts. And not surprisingly, this has never
curbed the interest in the place and in fact, has probably enhanced it.

Follow these links to
Discover the Ghosts, Legends and Haunted History of Hollywood!

The lure of Tinseltown has been a part of America since the
first silent film makers came west to the small town of Los Angeles at the
turn of the century. What began as a scheme for movie maker Mack Sennett to
make some extra money with a low-cost housing area called “Hollywoodland”
became a movie colony for artists, writers and actors who came west to make it
big.

Today, Hollywood remains not so much a place as a state of
mind. In fact, it has not even been incorporated as a city since 1910, when in
joined Los Angeles to share its water supply. However, it still retains that
strange allure for those of us who have an interest in history and hauntings
and for those who have lived their lives against the backdrop of the mythical
silver screen.

Of course to understand how Hollywood earned such a
starring role in the hearts and minds of America, we have to first look at the
history of the city and of the city of Los Angeles... the place which actually
invented the Hollywood we all know.

The history of the region is a dark journey through tales
of crime, corruption, death, murder and of course, Hollywood-style scandal.
Nearly every tale of ghosts and hauntings in Hollywood involves some sort of
terrible crime or an unsolved murder. Why is this? Well, we don’t really
know for sure, but perhaps there is something about the region itself which
attracts both the brightest lights and the darkest shadows to its streets.

In the section on the history of the region, we will introduce you to the
bloody history of the area, along with some of the most terrifying crimes ever
committed in our country.

Some of this will not be for the faint of heart.....

After that, we will journey through the origins of
Hollywood itself and we’ll introduce you to some of the most engaging ghosts
of the early days of the movie colony.

Our series will continue on with each article taking a look at a legendary Tinseltown
haunting... from spirit-infested studios to homes where the stars of yesterday
still linger behind.